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What the stimulus package means for Wyo.

The COVID-19 CARES Act is so involved, complex and voluminous that — just as the speaker of the U.S. House famously said of another bill a few years ago — Congress may have had to pass it to see what all was in it.

The relief package is broadly structured because the impacts of the virus are spread throughout the entire public and private sectors. In short, there is something in the act for nearly everybody.

There is disaster relief for state, local and tribal governments, grants for public education and higher education. Several sections target assistance to newly unemployed workers. A...